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Connecting science, people and policy for Arctic justice and global climate. A project led by Woodwell Climate Research Center. permafrost.woodwellclimate.org

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Permafrost Pathways @permafrostpathways.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
🌍 In a new study released this week in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, #PermafrostPathways researchers found that carbon emissions from abrupt permafrost thaw and wildfire will substantially limit our ability to keep global temperature increase below 1.5° or 2° Celsius. 📖 Read more:
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Unaccounted emissions from abrupt permafrost thaw and wildfires could impact global carbon budgets - Woodwell Climate
In a new study released this week in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, researchers assess the impact of a warming Arctic on global carbon emissions and find that carbon emissions from abrupt ...
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Permafrost Pathways @permafrostpathways.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
"Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, the two villages hit hardest by the storm, sit on wet, treeless tundra braided through with rivers and streams. ... Dark water rose around homes, many with large, multigenerational families inside, wrenching them off their foundations."
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Villages Destroyed and a Hunger for Home
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Permafrost Pathways @permafrostpathways.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Community groups and businesses across the state are coordinating relief efforts after the remnants of Typhoon Halong brought widespread devastation to Western Alaska. Here's how you can help. alaskapublic.org/news/environ...
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Update: Here's how you can help survivors of the Western Alaska storm
The remnants of Typhoon Halong have killed one person, left two missing, displaced hundreds and destroyed or damaged dozens of homes.
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Permafrost Pathways @permafrostpathways.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
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‘It looks like a bomb hit.' Ex-typhoon Halong peels back as much as 60 feet from Quinhagak’s shoreline
Severe erosion in the coastal community has put critical infrastructure in peril and destroyed a vital archaeological lens into the past.
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NPR @npr.org · 18/10/2025
The remnant of Typhoon Halong slammed the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, an area in Western Alaska hundreds of miles from the U.S. road system. More than a thousand people are displaced. n.pr/48TiQ6f
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What we know about the devastating storm in Western Alaska
The remnant of Typhoon Halong slammed the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, an area in Western Alaska hundreds of miles from the U.S. road system. More than a thousand people are displaced.
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Permafrost Pathways @permafrostpathways.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
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Alaska Flooding Leaves 1 Dead and 2 Missing
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Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) @aoos-alaska.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Here is a view of YK Delta Water Level and Webcams to support awareness and data accessibility during the ongoing storm system affecting western and southwestern Alaska (remnants of Typhoon Halong). water-level-watch.portal.aoos.org#default-data/5 @alaskawx.bsky.social
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Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) @aoos-alaska.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Real-time water level data views: Western AK water-level-watch.portal.aoos.org#default-data/1 Nome: water-level-watch.portal.aoos.org#default-data/2 Red Dog: water-level-watch.portal.aoos.org#default-data/3 Prudhoe Bay: water-level-watch.portal.aoos.org#default-data/4 @alaskawx.bsky.social
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Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) @aoos-alaska.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Thinking of everyone in Kotzebue braving this storm — stay safe! 💙🌊 View local water level data (not all data is up to the minute): 🔗 water-level-watch.portal.aoos.org#metadata/100... More info: awlw.aoos.org @alaskaskies.bsky.social @alaskawx.bsky.social
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Permafrost Pathways @permafrostpathways.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
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Remnants of Typhoon Halong bring widespread damage to Western Alaska
Dozens of residents were rescued after floodwaters in multiple communities swept homes off their foundations.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Most of rural Alaska is Alaska Native. Bonus donating to support Alaska Native people on Indigenous Peoples Day.
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Angelo Villagomez @taotaotasi.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Today is Indigenous People's Day www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/marian...
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Permafrost Pathways @permafrostpathways.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
🛰️ Hear from Dr. Sue Natali about the new ways researchers are tracking permafrost thaw and how Alaska Native communities and Permafrost Pathways are using this information to inform climate adaptation planning.
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Scientists can see Earth’s permafrost thawing from space
New ways to measure thawing permafrost could help us understand its potential impacts on infrastructure, military outposts, and communities.
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Woodwell Climate Research Center @woodwellclimate.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Day 1️⃣ of Climate Week Stay tuned for updates from our panel discussions and partner collaborations. Map by @gfiske.bsky.social @permafrostpathways.bsky.social
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Navigating the New Arctic Community Office @arctictogether.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Did you miss the Information Session on the National Plan for Arctic Research that we co-hosted with the IARPC Secretariat and ARCUS last week? You can now view the recording on IARPC Collaborations' YouTube channel! youtu.be/WdenRb3xJLk?...
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Information Session on the National Plan for Arctic Research
YouTube video by IARPC Collaborations
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Respectful Research @respectfulresearch.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
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TYB Week 12: Living What You Believe
Living out values in respectful Arctic research means embodying ethics through action, not just intention.
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Navigating the New Arctic Community Office @arctictogether.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
If you're wondering how you can learn more about and engage with the National Arctic Research Plan 2027-2031 development process, check out this list of upcoming engagement opportunities from IARPC Collaborations: www.iarpccollaborations.org/updates/26518
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Opportunities to Engage: Arctic Research Plan 2027-2031 Development Process - IARPC Collaborations
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Woodwell Climate Research Center @woodwellclimate.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
This map from @cmshintani.bsky.social shows the range of the nomadic Dukha reindeer herders on the high taiga of northwest Mongolia.
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Woodwell Climate Research Center @woodwellclimate.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Woodwell Climate is proud to announce the appointment of three endowed chairs, an exciting milestone in our 40-year history that will sustain groundbreaking climate research for generations to come. www.woodwellclimate.org/endowed-chai...
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Greg Fiske @gfiske.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Spent a rainy but productive day on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. with our Government Relations and @permafrostpathways.bsky.social teams. The importance of using maps to communicate our science was a key topic of discussion. The map tie also received several compliments :)
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Permafrost Pathways @permafrostpathways.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
🔥 Arctic Indigenous Peoples face deepening health crises, displacement, and cultural disruption due to wildfire. Indigenous expertise offers solutions. www.woodwellclimate.org/northern-com...
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Northern communities adapt to a new era of Arctic-boreal wildfire - Woodwell Climate
Arctic Indigenous Peoples face health crises, displacement, and cultural disruption due to wildfire. Indigenous expertise offers solutions.
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David Olefeldt @olefeldt.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
This study uses data from almost 200 studies going back to the 1970s, with data from almost 2000 unique sites. Knowing what it takes to collect this data and publish these individual studies, it is humbling to be able to use their findings in a joint analysis – standing on the shoulder of giants.
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David Olefeldt @olefeldt.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Our modelling of future methane emissions account for both climate warming (through a space-for-time framework) and permafrost thaw (through landscape transitions caused by thaw), and we find that these effects have important interactions – although the direct effect of warming dominates.
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Permafrost Pathways @permafrostpathways.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
“We have no need for air-conditioning, and so we don’t have filtration in the homes for smoke.” Project Lead Sue Natali and Sr. Arctic Lead Edward Alexander spoke to the New York Times about how the presence of smoke in northern communities is a growing cause for concern. #Canada #Arctic 🎁 link:
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An Unusual Sight Over Canada’s Arctic: Wildfire Smoke
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Trevor Keenan @trevorkeenan.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
This is a great opportunity for US based early career scientists to build international research collaborations. Please spread the word.
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Woodwell Climate Research Center @woodwellclimate.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
As a lead author of Chapter Four, Natali, project lead of @permafrostpathways.bsky.social joins 20 other experts from 16 nations to gather the best available science on land surface processes, interactions between the cryosphere, ocean, and atmosphere, and changes in carbon sinks and sources.
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Woodwell Climate Research Center @woodwellclimate.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
📣 We’re excited to share that Senior Scientist and Arctic ecologist Dr. Sue Natali has been named a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (#IPCC) Seventh Assessment Report!
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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 02/08/2025
A group panelists — three whom live in Alaska’s Interior — discussed methods to address wildfires in the Arctic, as well as strategies to implement fire mitigation.
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Experts emphasize need for Interior Alaska wildfire mitigation
Gwich’in panelist Edward Alexander explained how cultural burnings every two years can be used as preventative maintenance.
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Greg Fiske @gfiske.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
A 17km horseback trek brought us to the Dukha reindeer herders' autumn camp in the West Taiga this week. We're here to co-create maps, sharing the story of their nomadic life and how they're navigating climate change and land use changes. Drone 📸: IG @l.s_ragchaa @permafrostpathways.bsky.social
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Canada wildfire season already second worst on record as experts warn of ‘new reality’ - More than 470 Canadian fires classified as ‘out of control’ as scientists say climate change exacerbating the burning #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Canada wildfire season already second worst on record as experts warn of ‘new reality’
More than 470 Canadian fires classified as ‘out of control’ as scientists say climate change exacerbating the burning
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Greg Fiske @gfiske.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
And we’re already hard at work discussing map information.
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Greg Fiske @gfiske.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
After many days of travel: inc four flights, 8 hours of 4x4 off roading, and a half day (and into the night) on horseback, we’ve reached the Dukha reindeer camp on the east taiga of Mongolia, just 10 miles from the Russian border. And they have starlink! 🙂
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ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
#FriendsOfPublicRadio www.kyuk.org/politics/202...
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Native languages need radio, which is at risk of being lost
As public media is threatened after cuts from the Trump administration, Indigenous radio also faces threats to how it preserves and grows language.
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 04/08/2025
The growth of Indigenous language through radio is at risk, along with the rest of public media, but cultural reclamation at large will persevere.
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Native languages need radio, which is at risk of being lost - High Country News
As public media is threatened after cuts from Trump administration, Indigenous radio also face threats to how they preserve and grow language.
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Permafrost Pathways @permafrostpathways.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
📖 In partnership with the Alaska Native Village of Cev’aq (Chevak), Permafrost Pathways at @woodwellclimate.bsky.social has produced a case study that details the climate impacts that the Cev’aq community is living through with limited institutional support.
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Thawing ground, frozen systems: Erosion case study reveals U.S. climate policy gaps in Chevak, Alaska - Permafrost Pathways
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Permafrost Young Researchers Network @pyrn-official.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
IPA Logo Design Call: The IPA is excited to announce a call for logo design submissions as part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen our visual identity and enhance our presence in the global permafrost research community.
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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 31/07/2025
🚨 REMINDER: The abstract submission deadline for #AGU25 has been EXTENDED to TODAY at 5:00PM ET! Submit your abstract today: buff.ly/BUyEjhU
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Permafrost Pathways @permafrostpathways.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
“It's our job to learn, then empower and allow [communities] to create things important to them, prioritize projects important to them, and provide tools and resources.” Great conversation with our collaborator Jackie Qataliña Schaeffer about adaptation planning and Indigenous infrastructure.
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Q&A: Jackie Qatalina Schaeffer Argues 'Indigenous Infrastructure' Deserves Federal Funding too
ANCHORAGE — Federal agencies spend billions on roads and energy systems in Alaska, but nothing on fish camps and traditional trails that Jackie Qatalina Schaeffer calls “Indigenous infrastructure” — t...
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Woodwell Climate Research Center @woodwellclimate.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
This map from @cmshintani.bsky.social shows the permafrost extant across the boreal forest ecoregion. Read more about the connection between boreal wildfires and permafrost at www.woodwellclimate.org/connection-b...
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Mike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🚩Potential for another fire weather/fire episode in Canada Starting next Tue-Wed (Jul 29-30) in AB then shifting to SK – MB – NWRN ON (Wed – Sat Aug 2). This is concerning as 2025 is very active fire season with 280 Out of Control fires - many in the regions mentioned. 500mb anomaly forecast below.
Map of Canadian wildfire location and status
https://www.ciffc.ca/500 mb anomaly map of north america showing a ridge over Alberta and Saskatchewan
https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=ecmwf_full&p=500h_anom&rh=2025072312&fh=loop&r=na&dpdt=&mc=
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FLUXNET Early Career Network @fluxnetecn.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
still considering which session to choose? #AGU25 #eddy_flux #sessions B084 - Flux Measurements for Real-World Impact (tinyurl.com/msvye75p) B085 - From Single Flux Measurements to Integrated Synthesis (tinyurl.com/yvb3fy4b) B086 - Scaling Fluxes with Remote Sensing (tinyurl.com/7ra9afns)
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Woodwell Climate Research Center @woodwellclimate.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
For Woodwell’s Dr. Kayla Mathes, community perspectives have driven home the need for fire suppression as a tool to protect people and climate. Read her essay at www.woodwellclimate.org/fire-suppres... @permafrostpathways.bsky.social
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Fire suppression in the boreal: "There's too much fire now" - Woodwell Climate
In boreal forests, which are experiencing intensifying fires, fire suppression offers a way to protect both people and carbon-rich permafrost
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Woodwell Climate Research Center @woodwellclimate.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
With help from our Sámi partners and @permafrostpathways.bsky.social, Christina Shintani (@cmshintani.bsky.social) explores how climate change is affecting reindeer migration in her map debuting at the Esri User Conference.
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Permafrost Pathways @permafrostpathways.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
🗺 This week, our team is raising awareness about Arctic change at #EsriUC2025 in San Diego. Today, @cmshintani.bsky.social's “Navigating the new Arctic"—co-produced with Sámi partners at the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry —is featured in the Map Gallery.
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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Congratulations @gfiske.bsky.social for another great @woodwellclimate.bsky.social map that made the #EsriUC2025 plenary!
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Permafrost Pathways @permafrostpathways.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
New 🔥 pod from Arctic Council on decolonizing wildland fire management, revitalizing Indigenous fire practices, and how the global community can respond to an Arctic on fire. Grateful our @woodwellclimate.bsky.social team could join the conversation 🧵 #CanadaWildfires #ArcticFire #ClimateSolutions
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This Way Up
Podcast · Arctic Council & Både Og · This Way Up is a podcast by Arctic Council
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ICOS RI @icos-ri.eu · 26/06/2025
ICOS stations in Europe have detected the presence of smoke plumes from the North American wildfires, indicated by a sharp increase in carbon monoxide (CO). Photosynthesis appears to have helped reduce some negative impacts of fires. Learn more 👉 icos-cp.eu/news-and-eve...
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Smoke plumes from North-American wildfires detected by ICOS stations in Europe
Since mid May and through June, wildfires have been raging in Canada and the USA. The plumes caused by the fires have now reached Europe, as observed by ICOS Atmosphere stations spanning from South Eu...
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Guido Grosse @grosseguido.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Our Foundation Model project 3D-ABC, focusing on quantifying global above and below ground carbon stocks, now has a nice website: www.3d-abc.ai In first downstream tasks we will look into Amazon #rainforest height and biomass and arctic-boreal #permafrost soil carbon stocks.
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3D-ABC: Towards Global 3D Above and Below Ground Carbon Stocks (HFMI)
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Permafrost Pathways @permafrostpathways.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
💬 "They move out because of nowhere to house. I've watched outmigrations, whole families." 🎙 Morris Alexie talks about the community impacts of thawing permafrost in the Alaska Native Village of Nunapicuaq during WWNO's new episode of Sea Change. 🎧 Listen now: www.wwno.org/podcast/sea-...
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Between Land and Water: Tribal Relocation and Resistance
Climate change is altering the land we live on, and Indigenous communities are on the frontline. In this episode, we bring you to Alaska, where rapid permafrost thaw is threatening the Native village ...
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